Bernard Neteler

Bernard Neteler at Loburg Castle at the end of the 19th century

Bernard Neteler (born October 7, 1821 in Dinklage , † July 9, 1912 in Ostbevern ) was a Roman Catholic priest , biblical scholar and writer.

Life

Johann Bernard Neteler was born in Dinklage as the son of the poet Johann Hermann Neteler and his wife Anna Maria Elisabeth Sieve. After graduating from high school Antonianum Vechta in Vechta, he studied theology in Münster. He was ordained a priest on June 6, 1846 and completed his studies with a doctorate. In 1847 he became vicar of the castle Loburg ; he held this position until his death. His place of work was, among other things, the Hubertus Chapel . He found his grave in the Anna Chapel cemetery .

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In 1856 his first work was published: “Basic Laws of the Historical Development of the Human Kind”. This was followed by comments and investigations on numerous books of the Old Testament : Isaiah , Jeremiah , Ezekiel and Daniel , 1871 on the twelve minor prophets , 1873 on the 1st and 2nd books of the Chronicle , 1877 on Esdras , Nehemia and Esther , and finally on the books Richter , Samuel , 1st and 2nd books of kings , Judith and Genesis . He tried to create an Old Testament timetable to compare it with events in world history.

Works (selection)

• Basic laws of the historical development of the human race. Munster 1856.
• Saving the farms: considerations for the peasant class: a contribution to the solution of the social question. 1864.
• Basis of the Christian faith. Munster 1866.
• Studies on the authenticity of the Pentateuch. 1867.
• On revelation and nature in the first eleven chapters of Genesis. Theising-Verlag, Münster 1869.
• The structure of the book of Daniel as the basis of its explanation. Niemann-Verlag, Münster 1870.
• The structure of the book of the twelve prophets as the basis for its explanation. Munster 1871.
• The structure of the Book of the Apocalypse as the basis for its explanation. Munster 1871.
• The Book of Isaiah translated from the original text and explained taking into account its structure and the Assyrian inscriptions relating to its content. Munster 1876.
• Outline of the Old Testament literary history. Munster 1879.
• Outlines of the Hebrew Metric of the Psalms. Munster 1879.
• Connection of the Old Testament calendar with profane history. Theissing publishing house, Münster 1886.
• Investigation of the historical and canonical validity of the Book of Judith. Theissing publishing house, Münster 1886.
• Position of the Old Testament calendar in ancient oriental history. Verlag Theissing, Münster, Issue 1: Examination d. Assyrian Old Testament Simultaneously (25 pp., 1892); Book 2: Investigation of the Periods from Salomon to Noe. (23 pp., 1893); Booklet 3: Investigation d, Zeitr. d. 70 year weeks. (19 pp. 1893); Issue 4: Unters. prehistoric Proportions d. Genesis. (21 pp., 1893); Issue 5: Unters. d. Time relationships d. Babylon. Exile. (19 pp. 1894); Issue 6: Unters. d. Reports d. Genesis over d. Primeval times d. Menschht .. (35 pp., 1894).
• Nehemiah. 1907.

literature

• Siegfried Schmieder: Ostbevern, contributions to the history and culture of a community in the Münsterland. Warendorf 1988.